Each year the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau publishes a free guide of vital information for visitors to Santa Fe. The Official 2009 Santa Fe Visitors Guide is distributed annually to 400,000 travelers, convention participants, and folks simply interested in the city. As of the first of the year, the new 2009 guide became available, just in time for planning winter trips or dreaming about what to do when the warm weather returns.

The new guide is filled with information on Santa Fe's remarkable history, traditional cultures, romantic allure, fascinating surroundings, and numerous attractions. There is a comprehensive list of the city's many hotels, motels, inns, and B&B 's, maps of the downtown historic district and areas to explore outside the city, a calendar of 2009 event highlights, and a handy guide to traveling to the city. The 82-page magazine has information on Santa Fe's museums, spa offerings, galleries, performing arts organizations and venues, outdoor activities, and much more.

The visitors guide is filled with images of the city to give a glimpse of how this very different town looks and is crammed with enough information to make anyone's trip a success. The guide is free for the asking at the bureau's offices in the new Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, by calling the Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-777-2489, or online at www.santafe.org/Visitors_Guide .